Prospectus Hit List for June 22

Hit List for June 21
Hit List for June 25Hit List updates are published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting April 2, 2014. Data presented here is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

Rangers at the top, Padres at the bottom, extremely important Xavier Nady factoid in the middle.

36

32

30.8

33.5

34.0

.494

.514

30.3%

3.9%

34.3%

-6.7%

2.0%

35

35

40.3

41.5

40.0

.560

.540

34.6%

20.9%

55.5%

-5.1%

-13.4%

On the one hand, Jason Motte never got into the game yesterday because the Cardinals were the road team and he's the closer and the game was tied. On the other hand, Jason Motte has a 5.04 FRA. Maybe Mike Matheny secretly knows what he's doing.

23

40

27

37.8

39.6

38.9

.583

.563

37.0%

23.2%

60.2%

-4.7%

-9.4%

Xavier Nady and I almost went to the same high school. Just FYI.

24

36

33

38.0

38.7

38.9

.549

.569

40.9%

4.3%

45.3%

0.4%

-18.5%

Did you know that Tarsem Singh created the White Sox' park?

25

38

32

35.2

37.2

36.6

.525

.505

40.9%

25.2%

66.1%

5.5%

-1.6%

Tim Lincecum has the highest ERA of his career by over two runs, but the highest FIP by less than half a run.

26

42

28

40.1

39.8

38.9

.575

.555

46.5%

24.8%

71.3%

-1.2%

-1.6%

The Dodgers had Josh Lindblom and Kenley Jansen warming up in the top of the ninth. Because the game remained tied, the lesser pitcher came in.

27

37

32

36.8

35.4

35.6

.525

.505

48.8%

15.7%

64.6%

4.3%

1.2%

There is currently a beautiful symmetry to Dan Uggla's season walk totals: 48, 68, 77, 92, 78, 62, 49. Go get mesmerized by his player card while you still can.

28

38

30

37.4

35.2

34.6

.534

.514

55.9%

15.7%

71.7%

5.5%

6.7%

Aroldis Chapman has his best K:BB ratio and his worst ERA when he pitches on two days of rest. A full exploration of this problem is surely forthcoming.

29

41

27

39.7

39.7

39.8

.589

.608

80.3%

15.0%

95.3%

0.0%

2.8%

None of the sixteen pitchers who have thrown an inning for the Yankees has done so at a below-replacement pace.

30

43

27

44.4

47.4

46.7

.648

.666

89.8%

9.8%

99.6%

0.4%

1.2%

Yu Darvish got good results in his last two starts, but his walk rate is still just shy of five men per nine innings.

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